The new C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly, simply, and directly, and to write faster, more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, has reorganized, extended, and completely rewritten his definitive reference and tutorial for programmers who want to use C++ most effectively.   The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition, delivers meticulous, richly explained, and integrated coverage of the entire language—its facilities, abstraction mechanisms, standard libraries, and key design techniques. Throughout, Stroustrup presents concise, “pure C++11” examples, which have been carefully crafted to clarify both usage and program design. To promote deeper understanding, the author provides extensive cross-references, both within the book and to the ISO standard.   New C++11 coverage includes Support for concurrency Regular expressions, resource management pointers, random numbers, and improved containers General and uniform initialization, simplified for-statements, move semantics, and Unicode support Lambdas, general constant expressions, control over class defaults, variadic templates, template aliases, and user-defined literals Compatibility issues  Topics addressed in this comprehensive book include Basic facilities: type, object, scope, storage, computation fundamentals, and more Modularity, as supported by namespaces, source files, and exception handling C++ abstraction, including classes, class hierarchies, and templates in support of a synthesis of traditional programming, object-oriented programming, and generic programming Standard Library: containers, algorithms, iterators, utilities, strings, stream I/O, locales, numerics, and more The C++ basic memory model, in depth  This fourth edition makes C++11 thoroughly accessible to programmers moving from C++98 or other languages, while introducing insights and techniques that even cutting-edge C++11 programmers will find indispensable.   This book features an enhanced, layflat binding, which allows the book to stay open more easily when placed on a flat surface. This special binding method—noticeable by a small space inside the spine—also increases durability.

Table of Contents:
Preface to the Fourth Edition v Preface to the Third Edition ix Preface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xii   Part I: Introductory Material 1 Chapter 1: Notes to the Reader 3 Chapter 2: A Tour of C++: The Basics 37 Chapter 3: A Tour of C++: Abstraction Mechanisms 59 Chapter 4: A Tour of C++: Containers and Algorithms 87 Chapter 5: A Tour of C++: Concurrency and Utilities 111   Part II: Basic Facilities 133 Chapter 6: Types and Declarations 135 Chapter 7: Pointers, Arrays, and References 171 Chapter 8: Structures, Unions, and Enumerations 201 Chapter 9: Statements 225 Chapter 10: Expressions 241 Chapter 11: Select Operations 273 Chapter 12: Functions 305 Chapter 13: Exception Handling 343 Chapter 14: Namespaces 389 Chapter 15: Source Files and Programs 419   Part III: Abstraction Mechanisms 447 Chapter 16: Classes 449 Chapter 17: Construction, Cleanup, Copy, and Move 481 Chapter 18: Overloading 527 Chapter 19: Special Operators 549 Chapter 20: Derived Classes 577 Chapter 21: Class Hierarchies 613 Chapter 22: Run-Time Type Information 641 Chapter 23: Templates 665 Chapter 24: Generic Programming 699 Chapter 25: Specialization 721 Chapter 26: Instantiation 741 Chapter 27: Templates and Hierarchies 759 Chapter 28: Metaprogramming 779 Chapter 29: A Matrix Design 827   Part IV: The Standard Library 857 Chapter 30: Standard Library Summary 859 Chapter 31: STL Containers 885 Chapter 32: STL Algorithms 927 Chapter 33: STL Iterators 953 Chapter 34: Memory and Resources 973 Chapter 35: Utilities 1009 Chapter 36: Strings 1033 Chapter 37: Regular Expressions 1051 Chapter 38: I/O Streams 1073 Chapter 39: Locales 1109 Chapter 40: Numerics 1159 Chapter 41: Concurrency 1191 Chapter 42: Threads and Tasks 1209 Chapter 43: The C Standard Library 1253 Chapter 44: Compatibility 1267   Index 1281